One of the oldest types of New England fishing and trading vessels. It is schooner rigged, with a false stern and narrow transom that runs beyond the rudder at deck level.), sloopSloop. A sailing vessel with a single fore-and-aft rigged mast. boats (Muscongus Bay BoatsMuscongus Bay Boat.
â¢ ENDOSKELETON (noun). The noun ENDOSKELETON has 1 sense: 1. the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates). Familiarity information: ENDOSKELETON used as a noun is very rare.
See also endoskeleton, exoskeleton. 2. informal a very thin emaciated person or animal. 3. the essential framework of any structure, such as a building or leaf, that supports or determines the shape of the rest of the structure. 4. an outline consisting of bare essentials: the skeleton of a novel. 5. (modifier) US and Canadian reduced to a minimum: a skeleton staff.